Class 10 Lab 9 - Editing with ID Editor - OpenStreetMap

ID Editor Source: http://ideditor.com/

Concepts & Themes:

This week’s lab will feature exploration of the following:

  1. OSM sign up
  2. OSM geometry editing
  3. Tagging features
  4. Basemap Imagery in OSM
  5. HOT map Task Manager
  6. MapRoulette
  7. Overpass Turbo - querying OSM and creating extracts

Lab Steps - Part I - Editing OSM:

  • To start, navigate to OpenStreetMap. A signup-login is the first step in the editing process. Once accomplished, you will use these credentials for editing in OSM:

OSM Signup

  • Following Login, we will review the following terms for Mapping in OSM:

Core OSM Editing Terminology

  • Second, start the editing process:

Start ID Editor

  • Third, review & adjust base layer imagery as needed:

Set Basemap Imagery

  • Fourth, continue further with feature geometry creation, then TAGGING then changset commenting and final save/upload to OSM:

Create Feature Geometry, followed by Tagging Structure

Lab Steps - Part II - HOT Task Manager + Extracts at HDX + MapRoulette:

HOT Task Manager

MapRoulette Tasks